Empire Chest (completed)

Empire Chest

Cleaning up the brass..

Empire Chest

French Polishing the chest using traditional garnet shellac...

Empire Chest

For fragile old failed veneer a syringe is used with hide glue and a caul that has been heated on an iron...this will also re activate the existing hide glue on this piece..

Empire Chest

What a mess!.....terrible previous restoration work will make my job more difficult...lots of failed veneer, incorrect restoration materials,poorly applied color work and shellac, broken columns on what will be a beautiful piece..

Weiss Table

rough cut leg stock...

dimentioned and mortises cut....

Irwin Chests

Incredible curly cherry panels ready to be dimentioned...next up hand cut dovetails and final assembly of mahogany chest...